French Polynesian including Mangareva, Tahiti, Huahine
Hawkesbury
and Bora Bora, a half dozen calls in the lovely Cook Islands,
plus visits to Samoa and the Kingdom of Tonga.
It’s hardly new territory for the 179-foot square rigger,
which has crossed the Pacific five times as part of her famed,
student’s
30,000-mile circumnavigation voyages. But this eight-month
voyage, which ends in Rarotonga, Cook Islands in May,
allows more time for exploring many more islands.
tall-ship
“The missions of our ship remain the same; blue water
seafaring under square sail, immersion in tropical island life
and helping out with educational supplies and medical
clinics where we can,” says Picton Castle ’s captain, and
adventure
founder of her award-winning sail training program, Daniel
Moreland.
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“On this voyage we are taking the time to see even more of
Gabriel St-Denis, of Hawkesbury, is enjoying
this enchanting part of the world. We’ll sail to places where
a high-seas learning experience, sailing as a
the ship has lots of history and reconnect with our old friends,
deckhand aboard the sail training ship
Picton
but we’ll also be visiting new places and making new friends,
Castle.
all while taking full advantage of the finest trade wind ocean
Right now the traditional square-rigged sailing
you could ever wish to explore under sail and learning and
shipis touring theEastCoastoftheUnitedStates but
ways of a ship and the sea.”
in the fall the ship and Gabe, 21, will set sail for
Aboard Picton Castle , professional sailors teach trainee
the South Pacific.
crew members the skills they need to safely operate and care
A graduate of L’École secondaire publique Le
for their ship. Trainees stand a watch, scrub the deck, take the
Sommet, Gabriel has participated in theClassAfloat
helm, set and take in sail and also take their turn helping in
program. He is now attending the Nova Scotia
the galley. They can learn celestial navigation, rigging sail-
College of Art and Design.
making, diesel mechanics and small boat handling in the
His mother, Lise St-Denis, operates Lise St-Denis
calm blue lagoons of coral atols.
Pharmacy in town.
“ This is a once-in-a-life-time voyage through the South
The barque Picton Castle is a three-masted sail
Seas. The ship will teach you so much, just bring your good
training ship based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia but
health and a willing heart,” says Captain Moreland “A keen
she is best known for her voyages around theworld.
interest in ships and the sea helps, too”
It’s a natural progression for Gabewho is a graduate
of the Class Afloat program, during which he spent
a year aboard the school ship Frydyrich Chopin .
Gabe and the Picton Castle are sailing in company
with a fleet of tall ships as part of festivities marking
the anniversary of the War of 1812. It’s a pretty
incredible opportunity that doesn’t come along
every day, says Gabe. But it gets even better.
This fall, the Picton Castle will cast off on an even
more epic adventure — to the islands of the South
Pacific. The eight-month voyage will see the ship
Submitted photo
and her crew exploring such legendary places as
the Galapagos, Pitcairn Island (famed hideout of
Gabriel St-Denis, of Hawkesbury, is taking part in a high-sea
the HMS
Bounty mutineers), ports throughout
learningexperience.
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